Kanimozhi Bail Plea: Put on Hold

The bail plea of DMK Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi, who was arrested and jailed in 2G scam, has been put on hold by the Delhi High Court. She has been behind bars at Tihar Jail for more than two weeks now. The court heard the pleadings of Kanimozhi's lawyer today and reserved its orders on the bail plea.

Kanimozhi's lawyer argued that Kanomozhi had nothing to do with spectrum allocation and that Rs. 214 crore given to Kalaignar TV was not a bribe but a loan, duly returned with interest through cheques. He also submitted to the court that the five corporate officials - Sanjay Chandra, Vinod Goenka, Gautam Doshi, Hari Nair and Surendra Pipara were just officials of a company, whereas Kanimozhi's case is entirely different.


Kanimozhi's lawyer today argued that her case is different from that of the five corporate honchos - Sanjay Chandra, former MD, Unitech Ltd and Unitech Wireless, Vinod Goenka, MD, DB Realty and Swan Telecom (now Etisalat), Gautam Doshi, Group MD, Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) and Hari Nair and Surendra Pipara, Senior Vice Presidents, ADAG - as they were named in the very first chargesheet and they are officials of telecom companies. Kanimozhi had moved the High Court after the special CBI court had dismissed her bail pleas and ordered her arrest on May 20. Justice Ajit Bharihoke, after hearing detailed arguments on the bail application of Kanimozhi, said the order on her pleas would be pronounced later.

Modi Is Not Our PM: Owaisi

MIM is a recognized state political party based in the Indian state of Telangana, with its head office in the old city of Hyderabad, which has its roots in the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen founded in 1927. Unlike most of the regional and national level parties, MIM party leaders ‘fight’ only for the well-being of Muslims, whereas no other party has such communal feelings. In their each and every speech, MIM leaders speak only about Muslims. If these leaders are here to fight for Muslims, then why there are no development works are happening in old city area for decades. Akbaruddin Owaisi faced criticism for making hate remarks on Narendra Modi and Hindus. Recently, his elder brother Asaduddin Owaisi made some notorious annotations. In a one-on-one debate between BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra and Asaduddin Owaisi on the topic of demonetization in a popular Hindi channel, the former left no stone unturned in exposing the latter’s communal designs. Owaisi claimed how most of the Muslim community still remains unbanked and that demonetization has caused severe inconvenience to Muslims. He even went on to say that ATM’s in Muslim-dominated areas weren’t fed enough money. He indirectly alleged that the Modi government hadn’t done anything for Muslims. Even after being pressurized Owaisi didn’t call Narendra Modi as his Prime Minister. He went on said, “Your Prime Minister…” On the other hand, Sambit spoke wisely and called Owaisi a leader of small stature because he talked only of Muslims. He said that no area was Muslim or Hindu and that all areas belonged to India. Owaisi was constantly quoting an RBI report, to which Sambit challenged him to show where the RBI had used the word ‘Muslim’. Sambit even said that if a Muslim leader speaks of Muslims it’s not an issue, but the moment a VHP leader speaks of Hindus people go crazy accusing them of imposing the Hindutva ideology. The most amazing of his counters was to Owaisi’s claims of Muslims not having been brought into the banking system. Sambit said that when banks or ATMs are to be opened in Muslim areas leaders like Owaisi shout that banking is un-Islamic and that Muslims should refrain from it! This video of debate between Sambit Patra and Asaduddin Owaisi is going viral in social media.